St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-04
NO. 247.a5'' :

that would be expressed by a man who
contemplated a coup d. etat on his own
account. AS Gen. FerrOn is believed by
his countrymen to be honest, his out-3
burst of Republican patriotism has!
strengthened his position. But thouglk
Gen. Ferron appears to be practicaE
minister, without any sensational habit
of advertising himself. it will be some5
time before Gen. BOulanger loses hisA
popularity. There seems to be ringj
interested in keeping the late war min-I
ister'S name before the public, and Gen.ss
Boulanger himself is not idle in aidingS
their object. Yet there does not seem to.
be any constructive work surviving aSt
evidence of his vaunted administrative
talents. Indeed, it is even now doubtfuE
whether the repeating rife being manu1
factured after the pattern adopted by;
Gen. BOulanger may not this year have,
to be super seded, while the MANUFACTURED
ers are still at work producing it. Gen.1
FerrOn has made arrangements fOE,
strengthening the frontier garrisons;5
and has promised to go on and
strengthen the special arms. 1t is to be-
hoped that he will be content with thus
performing his functions as minister of
war, and refrain from rivaling the vul.!
gar sensatiOnaliSm of his predecessors
PRINCE FERDINAND 4
will leave Bulgaria in few days on al
tour of the European courts, to press
his claims for recognition as ruler OF
Bulgaria, but will hardly meet with
success, since all the powers except
Russia wish to avoid entangleS
ment in the Bulgarian difficulty5
Germany adheres to the policy she pur-,
sued regarding Prince Alexanderg
BulgarianS to reconcile themselves with
Russia, and he simply ignores the pres
ence of Prince Ferdinand in Sofia. Russ
sia has informed the powers of her ini
ability to accept the election of Princd
Ferdinand and warns them that AM
official acknowledgement of the prince
will cause her to consider the Berlin
treaty at an end. Another great
European war is unhappily only too
probable, and any interference With
Russia in the Bulgarian questions VILE
surely precipitate the struggle. Mems
bers of the British cabinet admit that :
CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS /:
need constant attention. Russia plainly
says that should Abdur Rahman, ameer
of AfgEanistan, die or be upset. the pro-
tocols of the Afghan frontier commission
just completed will be destroyed, as the
obligations of England to Afghanistani
remain valid only so long as the present.
ameer continues to reign. The Russiam
concentration on the northern frontieEs
of AfghaniStan aims at the occupation.
of Herat, and such step by Russia wilN
force the British government to occupYj
Candahar and Cabul. A considerable
force of English troops has been con-
centrated ON the Afghan frontier I'M
preparation for such contingency, and
the question whether there are not parts
of Central Asia in which there is no
room for two powers at the same time
will then have to be decided. The as
sistance of Ayoub Khan, who is now
making his way to Russia, will be Of
great value to that power as Ayoub can
command a large following in Afghan
istan and claims that he can blow blast
from the Himalaya's that would arouse
the whole of India. The escape of
Ayoub Khan will undoubtedly prove a.
serious blow to English prestige in Gem
tral Asia.